By Staff
The Canadian Press
Posted September 23, 2026 5:19 pm
1 min read
George Gillett Jr., the former majority owner of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens, has died at 87.
The Canadiens confirmed Gillett’s death in a release Thursday. A cause of death was not given.
Gillett bought the Bell Centre (then Molson Centre) and a majority stake in the Canadiens for $275 million on Jan. 31, 2001, with the help of $140 million in loans from two banks and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the province’s pension fund manager.
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